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Mountain West Conference · Save Mart Center · January 4, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread NEV -4.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Under
Money FRES +160 / NEV -192
Model Predictions
Spread Total FRES win
Actual NEV +1 131 Lost
Massey NEV -4.0 (+3.0) — —
Massey Totals — 146.6 (-15.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 15% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 7% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NEV -4.3 (+3.3) 142.4 (-11.4) 30% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NEV -4.1 (+3.1) 141.4 (-10.4) 32% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NEV -4.5 (+3.5) 141.4 (-10.4) 29% ✓
Baseline ML NEV -3.9 (+2.9) 142.4 (-11.4) 31% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 8, 2026 NEV 69 – 59 FRES
Mar 12, 2025 NEV 86 – 71 FRES
Feb 11, 2025 NEV 94 – 69 FRES
Jan 12, 2025 NEV 77 – 66 FRES
Mar 2, 2024 NEV 74 – 66 FRES

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings FRES NEV
Overall 13-19 24-13
Conference 7-13 12-8
Home 10-7 17-2
Away 2-10 4-9
Neutral 1-2 3-2
Last 5 0-5 5-0
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 72.4 76.0
Avg Pts Against 73.5 71.5
Massey 0.3 (#164) 8.0 (#79)
Bradley-Terry -0.45 (#218) 1.93 (#50)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.61 (#208) 2.66 (#52)
RPI 0.469 (#233) 0.622 (#23)
Shooting & Four Factors FRES NEV
FG% 44.3% 43.4%
3PT% 31.3% 37.2%
REB / G 34.4 36.5
OREB / G 10.5 12.2
AST / TO 0.96 1.60
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.9% 49.1%
TOV% 19.6% 13.1%
ORB% 30.0% 33.5%
FT Rate 24.4% 36.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.5% 50.4%
Opp TOV% 21.1% 18.0%
DRB% 70.0% 70.1%
Opp FT Rate 23.2% 29.8%

Game Analysis

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